French Butter Cookies

Everything a butter cookie should be and cute as a button. Before baking, four holes are made in these cookies so they look like big buttons. Unlike most other recipes this one uses brown sugar and a fancy edge made of turbinado sugar. They melt in your mouth.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 45 mins
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2⁄3 cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups  sifted flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup turbinado sugar (unrefined) or 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar

Directions

1. Cream butter and brown sugar with electric mixer equipped with paddle attachment, if you have one.
2. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
3. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
4. Add flour and salt and mix on low speed until incorporated.
5. Roll dough into three 1 1/2" logs, wrap in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
6. Preheat oven to 350° and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
7. Roll logs in turbinado or granulated sugar, making sure to coat them evenly.
8. Slice logs into 1/4" thick cookies and place on cookie sheet 1" apart.
9. Use a skewer or toothpick to make four decorative holes in each cookie, making the cookie appear to be a button.
10. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
11. Cool on wire rack.